James J. Sheehan
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| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Awards | Pour le Mérite |
James J. Sheehan(born 1937) is an American historian. His scholarship has focused on the history of modernGermany,and he is a former president of theAmerican Historical Association(2005).
Biography[edit]
Born in San Francisco in 1937, Sheehan earned a B.A. fromStanford Universityin 1958 and a Ph.D. in history from theUniversity of California, Berkeleyin 1964. He taught atNorthwestern Universitybetween 1964 and 1979, then moved back to Stanford to succeedGordon A. Craigas Stanford's historian of modern Germany. At Stanford, Sheehan is Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of History, andFSIsenior fellow (courtesy).[1]
Sheehan's research focuses on German and modern European history, especially the history of Germanliberalism,theGerman Empire,and war and the modern European state. He is the author of numerous articles and several important books, includingThe Career of Lujo Brentano: A Study of Liberalism and Social Reform in Imperial Germany(Chicago and London:University of Chicago Press,1966);German Liberalism in the Nineteenth Century(Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1978);German History, 1770–1866(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989); and, most recently,Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?The Transformation of Modern Europe(Boston:Houghton Mifflin,2008).[2]He also co-edited volumes on German émigrė historians.[3]
Sheehan is a recipient of theHumboldt Research Prizeand the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as a member of the German OrderPour le Mérite.He was a Guggenheim Fellow (2000–2001), a Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin (2001), and has been a member of theAmerican Philosophical Societysince 2001.[4]
Sheehan is married toMargaret L. Anderson,a historian at theUniversity of California, Berkeley.
References[edit]
- ^Home page at Stanford University
- ^Wheatcroft, Geoffrey (February 10, 2008)."Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? – James J. Sheehan – Book Review – New York Times".The New York Times.RetrievedDecember 20,2009.
- ^WithAndreas W. Daumand Hartmut Lehmann (2016).The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians.New York: Berghahn Books.ISBN978-1-78238-985-9.
- ^"Stanford. The Europe Center. James J. Sheehan".
External links[edit]
- Faculty Page at the Stanford History Department
- James J. Sheehan,The Problems of Sovereignty in European History,AHA Presidential AddressRetrieved April 18, 2010
- "James J. Sheehan: An Oral History,"Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program, 2012.
- "James J. Sheehan: An Oral History,"Faculty Senate Oral History Project, Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program, 2017.
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